Lions Recycle for Sight Australia Inc is part of the Lions Clubs International Worldwide Eyeglass Recycling Programme, headquartered in Queensland and operating throughout Australia and overseas in relation to the collection of 250,000 pair of used spectacles, '000's sunglasses, new frames and other ancillary equipment; on the distribution side the programme distributes 250,000 pair of regraded spectacles throughout the world to Lions Clubs, Rotary Clubs, Humanitarian organisations for distribution to poor people in need at no expense or obligation to the recipient.
A new development for us has been the distribution of sunglasses, not only for adults but primarily so that whenever our regraded spectacles are distributed in a school or village in remotest Africa or Asia, every child, whether they need prescription glasses or not receives a gift from the Lions of Australia. No child misses out.
Over the 15 years that the Australian programme has existed, the program has delivered 2.5 million pair to countries in Africa, Europe, Middle East, Indian Sub continent, East Asia, and the Far East, including China, the countries of the Pacific Rim and Southern Asia and Oceania.
Coming to Devonport SOON!
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